Why do people always ask about jobs rather than asking whether I am happy with my life?
Why do people always ask about jobs rather than asking whether I am happy with my life?
People spend the vast majority of their waking hours working - it's their way of trying to measure you and find common ground for conversation. Even if they hate their job, looking for a new one is still an acceptable conversation. Lifestyles vary hugely so that's a less likely to score a hit that they can talk about.
There's also the biggy - most people do not think about their life - and if they do, they are universally unhappy with it - so that's going to be a hard conversation.
People spend the vast majority of their waking hours working - it's their way of trying to measure you and find common ground for conversation. Even if they hate their job, looking for a new one is still an acceptable conversation. Lifestyles vary hugely so that's a less likely to score a hit that they can talk about.
There's also the biggy - most people do not think about their life - and if they do, they are universally unhappy with it - so that's going to be a hard conversation.